Buried Alive: The True Story of Kidnapping, Captivity, and a Dramatic Rescue (NelsonFree) - Hardcover

Roy Hallums

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1595551700 ISBN 13: 9781595551702

Publisher: Thomas Nelson, 2010

Synopsis

A true-life adventure sure to shock as well as inspire.

AK47s, masked thugs, and brutal urgency erupt from Roy Hallums' account of his abduction in Iraq, shredding through those frequently sterile cable news reports revealing that another "American contractor is being held hostage . . ."

Hallums was the everyman behind that report?a 56-year-old retired Naval commander working as a food supply contractor in Baghdad's high-end Mansour District.

His abduction was transacted in a matter of minutes, amidst a hail of gunfire and a handful of casualties. For the first few months of his captivity, Hallums endured beatings and psychological torture while being shuffled from one ramshackle safe house to another.

From the four-foot-tall crawlspace where he carried out the bulk of his nearly year-long abduction, Hallums established a surprising degree of normalcy?a system of routines and timekeeping, along with an attention to the particulars that defined his horrific ordeal. His experience is recreated here, rich with harrowing specifics and surprising observations.

About this title

About the Author:

Roy Hallums, a retired U.S Navy Commander worked as a civilian contractor in Iraq where his company provided food for the American army in Baghdad. He was taken captive in 2004 and was freed by coalition forces in 2005.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1595551700
• ISBN 13: 9781595551702
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272